ALEA counts six traffic deaths over Labor Day weekend, none on the water
State troopers investigated six fatal traffic crashes during the four-day Labor Day enforcement period, Sept. 4 through 7, the same number as in 2025, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Sept. 8. None of the fatal crashes was in Perry County or the surrounding counties; they occurred in Baldwin, Cleburne, Colbert, Shelby and Lauderdale counties.... Read More
Perry County students log 400-plus hours of STEM work through Kai XR partnership
Two Perry County students show off the 3D worlds they built on the Kai XR platform(above) Students in grades 3 through 8 at Francis Marion School and Robert C. Hatch High School have taken part in more than 400 hours of STEM skill-building this year through a partnership between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of... Read More
Turner turns to write-in campaign as absentee voting opens with Bennett on the D1 ballot
Incumbent Commissioner Albert Turner Jr. said Friday, Sept. 11, that he will run a writein campaign for Perry County Commission District 1 rather than keep fighting over a Nov. 3 ballot that carries Donald J. Bennett Sr.’s name and not his, WAKA reported. By the next morning, absentee voting on that ballot had opened at... Read More
Marion man sues for defamation over Facebook post naming him in break-in
A Marion man has sued a Perry County woman for libel over a Facebook post he says falsely identified him as the person who broke into a Marion home last year. Chris Murphy filed the suit Friday, Sept. 11, in Perry County Circuit Court against Loretta Etheredge, who the complaint says was a member, administrator... Read More
Turner turns to write-in campaign as absentee voting opens with Bennett on the D1 ballot
Incumbent Commissioner Albert Turner Jr. said Friday, Sept. 11, that he will run a write-in campaign for Perry County Commission District 1 rather than keep fighting over a Nov. 3 ballot that carries Donald J. Bennett Sr.’s name and not his, WAKA reported. By the next morning, absentee voting on that ballot had opened at... Read More
Grand jury indicts four PREP Center escapees, accused getaway driver
A Perry County grand jury has indicted the four inmates who escaped the Perry County Correctional PREP Center in Uniontown on May 30, along with the Selma woman accused of picking them up outside the facility and hiding them at her apartment, according to Perry County Circuit Court records. The indictments were returned Aug. 25... Read More
Classifieds Week of Sep 17, 2026
Classified Ad Rates MINIMUM RATE (In Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, $1.25 per word. Payable in advance of publication. MINIMUM RATE (Outside Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, $1.25 per... Read More
Legal Notices Week of Sep 18, 2026
LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF ALABAMACOUNTY OF PERRY NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage and security agreement executed by ROBERT WITHERSPOON, an unmarried person, on the 22nd day of September 2009, to 21ST MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as recorded in Mortgage Book 614, Page... Read More
Edwin O’Neal Ellis
Edwin O’Neal Ellis, 71, died Aug. 18. He was born Feb. 19, 1955. A public viewing was held Friday, Aug. 28, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Glen White Memorial Funeral Home in Uniontown. Funeral services were held Saturday, Aug. 29, at 1 p.m. at First Missionary Baptist Church in Uniontown, with interment at 2... Read More
Greg George
Greg George, 45, died Aug. 21. He was born May 18, 1981. A viewing was held Friday, Sept. 4, at Melvin Miller Funeral Service in Marion, and a celebration of life was held there Saturday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m. Interment followed in Simpson Cemetery at Green Hill. Melvin Miller Funeral Service directed arrangements.